Animal culture: conservation in a changing world
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
380(1925)
Published: May 1, 2025
Social
learning
and
animal
culture
can
influence
conservation
outcomes
in
significant
ways.
Culture
is
a
dynamic
phenomenon;
socially
learned
behaviours
be
transmitted
within
and/or
between
generations
among
populations,
which
facilitate
resilience,
or
other
circumstances
generate
vulnerability.
driver
of
evolutionary
diversification,
population
structure
demography,
shaping
sociality
influencing
underlying
biological
processes
such
as
reproduction
survival,
affecting
fitness.
This
theme
issue
synthesizes
the
current
state
knowledge
on
cultural
variation
major
vertebrate
taxa,
offering
practical
insights
how
social
interface
directly
with
interventions.
It
ranges
over
topics
that
include
translocations,
human-wildlife
interactions
adaptation
to
anthropogenic
change.
complex;
integrating
into
challenging.
No
one-size-fits-all
policy
recommended.
Instead,
we
aim
balance
understanding
diversity
implementations
this
nascent
field,
exploring
supporting
developing
pathways
towards
efficiencies.
Key
themes
emerge
conserving
capacity,
benefits
data
sharing,
along
intrinsic
value
cultures
role
Indigenous
Peoples
local
communities.This
article
part
'Animal
culture:
changing
world'.
Language: Английский
Cultural processes and demography: implications for conservation and beyond
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
380(1925)
Published: May 1, 2025
Social
transmission
of
cultural
variants
in
wildlife
can
cause
population
level
effects
with
implications
for
conservation
science,
policy
and
practice.
learning
animal
culture
generate
resilience
populations
through
the
spread
adaptive
behaviour
but
may
also
vulnerabilities.
Distilling
comprehensive
management
advice
this
field
remains
challenging.
Animal
is
important
defining
'units
to
conserve',
managing
human-wildlife
interactions,
reintroductions
or
translocations,
influences
evolutionary
change.
However,
processes
remain
poorly
understood.
Given
breadth
issues
which
inform
conservation,
it
timely
consider
underlying
more
detail.
We
coupling
dynamics
explore
conditions
under
social
tip
a
declining
into
growth.
Simulations
on
model
system
two
interacting
units
are
used
tensions
between
coupled
demographic
processes.
show
that
even
simple
bias,
outcomes
complex.
In
concert
urgent
targeted
action,
we
highlight
need
develop
deeper
process-based
understanding
field,
yield
fundamental
principles
applicable
broader
range
encultured
species.This
article
part
theme
issue
'Animal
culture:
changing
world'.
Language: Английский